scholarly journals The takeover of science communication: how science lost its leading role in the public discourse on carbon capture and storage research in daily newspapers in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Steel Production ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
And Storage

Abstract. CCS (carbon capture and storage) is an important issue within the context of climate-change mitigation options and has played a major role in the agendas of scientists, researchers, and engineers. While media representations of CCS in Germany from 2004 to 2014 demonstrated the significant mediatization of the topic, this cannot be ascribed to science. Instead, CCS media coverage in Germany has been dominated by other stakeholder groups. While CCS is linked to various industry sectors, such as cement and steel production, the German debate has dominantly focussed on the coal and energy branches. This study looks at the role of science and science public relations (PR) within the German public debate by analysing the media coverage of CCS in daily newspapers from 2004 to 2014. If science wishes to remain proactive within science communication, new approaches for future science PR have to be deduced to strengthen, once again, the role of science communication. Among these approaches, it is important to pursue a more differentiated understanding of target audiences and regional concerns. Science PR has to accept that science itself is no longer the only stakeholder and actor within science communication.

scholarly journals The Takeover of Science Communication – Science Lost its Leading Role in the Public Discourse of Carbon Capture and Storage Research in Daily Newspapers in Germany

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Media

Abstract. CCS is an important issue that has played a major role in the agenda of scientists, researchers, and engineers. While the media representations of CCS in Germany from 2004 to 2014 showed significant characteristics of a medialization of the topic, this cannot be ascribed to science. Instead, CCS media coverage in Germany was dominated by other stakeholder groups. If Science will stay a pro-active element of science communication, new approaches for future science PR have be deduced to re-strengthen the role of science communication. Among these is the pursuit of a more differentiated understanding of target audiences and regional concerns. Science PR has to accept that the science itself is no longer the only stakeholder and actor within science communication.

scholarly journals The role of carbon capture and storage electricity in attaining 1.5 and 2 °C

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 148-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Vinca ◽  
Marianna Rottoli ◽  
Giacomo Marangoni ◽  
Massimo Tavoni
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
And Storage

Air

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-177
Author(s):  
John Evans
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Atmospheric Oxygen ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Energy Capture ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
And Storage

The chemical properties of the volatile elements in groups 15 to 18 are outlined, showing how the the periodicicty of the properties of the elements shapes their chemistry. The manufacture of hydrogen and chlorine is described, showing how mercury-free methods have been developed for the latter. The effect of the formation of atmospheric CO2 on atmospheric oxygen content is explained in terms of dissolution in the oceans. Remediation of the exhaust gases from internal combustion engines by catalysts to remove CO2, NOx and carbonaceous particulates is explained. Options for carbon capture and storage by physical and chemical processes are evaluated, and examples provided of these processes in operation. Exploitation of the atmosphere for energy capture using wind turbines has been aided by the development of high performance magnets. The basis of these magnets and the role of rare earth elements is explained.

scholarly journals The Role of Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage in Meeting the Climate Mitigation Challenge: A Whole System Perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 6036-6043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Mander ◽  
Kevin Anderson ◽  
Alice Larkin ◽  
Clair Gough ◽  
Naomi Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
And Storage

scholarly journals UK media representations of Carbon Capture and Storage

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Nerlich ◽  
Rusi Jaspal
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Times ◽  
And Storage

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a climate change mitigation technology which has had a rather chequered history in British policy making and in the British public sphere. This article deals with the neglected topic of representations of CCS in the British media and their possible impact on public perceptions and public policy. Public perception of CCS is shaped in part by the media which provide tools for making sense of complex technological and political issues such as CCS. This article compares articles on CCS in two UK newspapers, one national (“The Times”) and one regional (“The Aberdeen Press and Journal”) in 2011, a year during which some of the last battles over CCS demonstration projects were fought. It applies frame and metaphor analysis to a corpus of 150 articles. Findings reveal that during 2011 CCS coverage moved through a cycle of hype and disillusionment, with both newspapers reaching a trough of disappointment at the end of 2011. It will be difficult to reignite interest in CCS in this context, both in terms of media and public attention, and in terms of policy and investment. Regional confidence in national CCS policy in particular will be difficult to recover.

The Future of Climate Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 210-226
Author(s):  
Han Dolman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Carbon Capture And Storage ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Negative Emission Technologies ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

The role of adaptation and mitigation to climate change is described using the concept of planetary boundaries. The future evolution of the main reservoirs of carbon is described. The role of the land and ocean sink, the permafrost feedback and ocean acidification is described. The challenge to keep Earth’s temperature below 1.5 °C or 2.0 ºC is discussed. As this will involve large amounts of negative emission technologies, such as carbon capture and storage, this may be hard to achieve, as an analysis of their potential and environmental costs shows. Geoengineering has a separate of difficult problems to cope with, which makes the application non-trivial. Decarbonization of societies is discussed and an outline given for a transition path towards a carbon-free society.

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